The Glendale, Arizona, Police Department is praising the quick-thinking action of a 14-year-old girl who gave her mother’s cell phone number instead of her own to an alleged child predator.

Ring surveillance footage, released by police, showed the young girl walking home from school when a 37-year-old man rolled up next to her in a red vehicle and tried to talk to her.

The teen told police that the man asked her where the “closest McDonald’s” was before randomly asking her to get into his car. The 37-year-old quickly asked for the teen’s number when she wouldn’t accept his offer.

Wanting to get out of the precarious situation as quickly as possible but also not wanting to put herself in danger, she “thought wisely to punch her mother’s cell phone number into his phone,” police said.

Later that day, Navarro contacted the mother’s phone, believing it was the teen. However, her mother had already turned the phone over to the police.

Detectives then engaged in conversation with the alleged predator while pretending to be the teen. The conversations became “more and more graphic,” police said.

During the conversation, Navarro repeatedly asked to meet up with the teen, calling the number up to 30 times.

Investigators said a few hours later, they picked a location to meet, and “instead of the 14-year-old young lady, Navarro met up with some handcuffs and was placed under arrest.”

Navarro was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on charges of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and attempting to commit sexual conduct with a minor, according to the department.

He is currently being held on $250,000 bond.

“We at the Glendale Police Department commend this young lady for her bravery and her smart thinking!” the department said on Facebook.